Re: Managing installs of Adobe Flash on Debian (was: Force apt-get to ignore dependencies?)

2011-03-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
Here's the shell script I just threw together to keep my system current with whatever Adobe's offering. Silent unless trouble or update, so suitable for a cron job. Not really tested much yet. :) http://pastebin.com/eLfi9SNV -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discu

Re: Managing installs of Adobe Flash on Debian (was: Force apt-get to ignore dependencies?)

2011-03-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
[revisiting an old issue] On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Benjamin Scott wrote: >  Reading elsewhere, it would appear Canonical is hosting a repository > for Adobe. I don't think this was ever really addressed on-list, so: I did find the APT repository which contains Adobe's "free" Linux soft

Re: Ottawa Linux Symposium

2011-03-27 Thread David Hardy
For that equivalent in Vermont, it would be the "enhanced" motor vehicle operator's license. Which, reading the list down the street at the DMV, tells us that it is good for quite a few places in the Western Hemisphere north of the Equator. Have an enjoyable, safe and productive trip, sir. On

Re: Ottawa Linux Symposium

2011-03-27 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
>> I will be leaving Nashua about 1400 on March 12th ... > Apparently, this year's Ottawa Linux Symposium will be announcing a > new addition to the Linux kernel: Time travel. Yes, that should have been "June 12th", and we will be coming back on "June 16th" (although that part was correct).

Re: Ottawa Linux Symposium

2011-03-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > I will be leaving Nashua about 1400 on March 12th ... Apparently, this year's Ottawa Linux Symposium will be announcing a new addition to the Linux kernel: Time travel. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-dis

Ottawa Linux Symposium

2011-03-27 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Hi, For reasons too long to explain here I am going to drive to the Ottawa Linux Symposium (http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2011/) It takes about seven hours from Nashua, and I will be leaving Nashua about 1400 on March 12th, so we should be getting into Ottawa about 2100 on the night of the 12th...